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Is there any way to use EVENT for the 2nd line instead of TAG? Using TAG it's very slow to extract the text. Or maybe there's another faster way?

Thanks

Hum..., are you sure your 'POS=R1' is working on an Anchor as 'EVENT'...!? I think I had already tried "once" and it was not working...
You don't post any URL, so I would have to redo my whole Testing...

But if "that" works, there is no reason why "it" would be slow for the 'EXTRACT', the 'TAG' Mode is actually much quicker than the 'EVENT' Mode...
... If at least you use the "correct" Settings/Values for all '!TIMEOUT_xxx' Settings (especially for '#EANF#'), can't check that if you don't post your whole Script...

And, yep there is a "way" to extract "Content" using the 'EVENT' Mode but it's a bit cumbersome, but I think it wouldn't work on IE as it requires the 'MODIFIERS' Parameter which I think is not supported on IE...

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And if you posted your URL and Full Reqs, I would probably find you a "better" and more efficient/reliable Solution...

Strikes me that for maybe 80% of the Threads/Qt's on the Forum, you Guys already have some "Idea" on how to implement it (but usually get stuck at some unneeded intermediary Step), "Idea" which in most of the "Cases" turns out to be pretty cumbersome as you don't "focus" on your "final Goal" and in those 80% Cases there will be a much simpler and directer Solution..., while on the contrary when indeed some "cumbersome" and "Creative" Thinking is needed to achieve that "final Goal", most of you will be stuck at the first Step... I'm always a bit surprised as I usually only need a few Secs to find 1-2-3... sometimes 10 Solutions...
[Yeah, well, I guess that's why I'm able to answer most Threads on the Forum then, ah-ah...! ]

But hum, my "Advice": Focus on "Simplicity"..., and only go "cumbersome" (and "Creative"...!) when really needed...!

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I have an EnhReq btw in the following Thread, for adding some 'EXTRACT' Functionality to the 'EVENT' Mode, see Items '-08-' and '-20-', would be "nice" if you could support it... (+ any other EnhReq(s) I have that you might find "useful", ah-ah...!)

Last edited by chivracq on Thu Nov 08, 2018 6:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.

- (F)CIM = (Full) Config Info Missing: iMacros + Browser + OS with all 3 Versions...
- I usually don't even read the Question if that (required) Info is not mentioned...
- Script & URL usually help a lot for a more "educated" Help...

Okay..., I finally found 8 Matches on "summer tax" on the 'Tax Information' Tab..., but nothing about "2018 summer tax amount" anywhere (would help also if you could give some more precise Info), oh...!, and only 1 Match on "2018 summer tax", getting "closer"...!

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Looks like my link doesn't go directly to the correct tab. If you click on the tax information tab toward the top then you scroll down a bit just looking for it to extract the 2018 summer tax amount of $2,579.03

Literally just the "$2,579.03"

The code I originally posted works but the Tag code just seems like its a bit sluggish. I can deal with it but was just curious if there's something quicker. Because I then have to extract the 2017 winter tax after and deal with sluggish again lol It adds up, and on top of it I have to move on to the next property and deal with it again.

zirjeo wrote:Looks like my link doesn't go directly to the correct tab. If you click on the tax information tab toward the top then you scroll down a bit just looking for it to extract the 2018 summer tax amount of $2,579.03

Literally just the "$2,579.03"

The code I originally posted works but the Tag code just seems like its a bit sluggish. I can deal with it but was just curious if there's something quicker. Because I then have to extract the 2017 winter tax after and deal with sluggish again lol It adds up, and on top of it I have to move on to the next property and deal with it again.

Yeah, the URL I used in my Script was going directly to that 'Tax Information' Tab...

But then, yep OK, you are inside a Table already, then "Standard'" Extraction Techniques inside Tables apply, for example:

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zirjeo wrote:Ok so it sounds like it just is what it is. I noticed your $* I will have to try that out. Thanks for taking a look.

Yeah well, I kept the '$' Sign in it as I guess it's always there, even if the Amount is "$0.00", I tried with it first and it worked, but you can probably even remove it...

Interesting Site anyway..., neatly designed...

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zirjeo wrote:You may think it's neat but I hate it lol. Out of all the county websites for different states that I scrape from the Michigan one drives me nuts, it slows me down. Is what it is though.

Hum, OK, I don't know how the "others" look like, but this one looks neat to me, all Data nicely organized in Sections and Tables, all Data easy to locate (and to extract (with iMacros)), loads quickly..., no 20 Trackers and 3rd Party Scripts, looks pretty neat to me... Give me more of that kind of Sites, ah-ah...!

- (F)CIM = (Full) Config Info Missing: iMacros + Browser + OS with all 3 Versions...
- I usually don't even read the Question if that (required) Info is not mentioned...
- Script & URL usually help a lot for a more "educated" Help...